Artist: Kirsten Holt Beitler
Title: The Purpling
Medium: Acrylic on wood
Dimensions: 8 x 8 inches
Price: $300
Artist Statement: One in a series of three pieces exploring the failure of the two party system and my hope that people can come together to make something new.
Artist Bio: Kirsten Holt Beitler is a full-time artist creating both commercial and fine art. She paints expressive figurative and portrait-based work, drawing from the visual language of pop culture, typography, and kitsch. Whether painting for Harmons Grocery or working in her studio, her focus remains on the deeply human—capturing how life’s experiences etch themselves onto the face and body.
Kirsten’s paintings often explore the tension between public persona and private reality, particularly in the age of the selfie. Her work highlights how humor, nostalgia, and vulnerability coexist in our digital image culture. She aims to create pieces that are accessible, beautiful, emotionally resonant, and unafraid to challenge and amuse.
